Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-29

ty OF life; this heavy weight Of respons-
ibilluy, combined with loss OF sleep, and
proper food, leaving the whole system
depressed, and the doctor Obliged to
answer other urgent calls upon his skill,
which must be answered at once, brings
a natural consequence, the supposed
necessity OF a stlmulant to rouse the
tapping energies, and he takes but Il
sip of VINE, "only for this time".-
"just to meet this emergency and I'M
consciously repeats this procedure I'M
der like circumstances, until before the
victim realizes it, his chains of slavery
are firmly riveted.
II there can be a reasonable excuse,
(Which l doubt) for forming the drink
habit, il certainly is in the case CT the
busy medical practitioner.
And yet, fthere is a time when there
is a call for a clear brain, and steady
nerve, it is at the bedside Of the suffer-
ing. No one should attempt to control
the delicate machinery of the "house
beautiful" while the brain is befogged
with alcohol.
Your argument, replied my friend
(who you might know, was a Woman),
sounds very plausible it it held good
with both sexes. l have a lady friend,
who successfully carries on a large
practice, who, l believe, would as soon
think of taking strychine as alcoholic
stimulants. And we know Of many
others of our sex who are making a
name in the medical profession, but we
never yet have heard of their resorting
to alcoholic stimulants to help them
| carry on their work. So now my dear,
| you must find some other excuse be-
sides exposure, loss OF sleep, and mental
strain, &c." and she triumphantly
glanced at me, while all J could do was
to meekly reply that Il guess they (our
medical s~isters) had too much grace,
grit and gumption'.
But that brings up another thought;
namely = what an opportunity the
wives Of physicians havet to do temper
ance missionary work in their own
| homes. | am well acquainted with one
| who never retires until she has placed
milk, coffee and a spirit lamp beside
/ her bed. No difference what time OF
| night her husband is called out, by the
time he is dressed for the ride, his wife
has a cup Of strong coffee with plenty
| OF milk IN it, ready for him, without
leaving her bed, and she IS always pre-
| pared with something suitable on his
return.
She has also made a study Of differ.
| ent kinds OF food, avoiding us much
us possible all that are thirst-pro.
voking, and placing before her hus.
| band the food that makes the best
brains, and fortilies the system against
great fatigue. = That physician came
from & family Of drunkards, his BLOOD
strongly impregnated with hereditary
tendencies to alcoholism, but through
her watchful care he has escaped the
awful curse, Notwithstanding all The
temptations incident to IL doctors life
The use of saccharated preparations
Of medicine would insure safety to Dotf
doctor and patient. Ii the physician
carried no alcoholic stimulants in hi:
medicine cases he could not SO readily
resort to such means to brace him uI
for further work, but would very lillel,
call for a cup Of coffee or hot watcI
without the evil consequences. The
saccharated extracts which. are substlt
utes for the various fluids used in me
dicine, sc notoriously and strongly alec
holic, have been thoroughly tested at
the Temperance Hospital in Chicago
where it has been demonstrated thai
all varieties of diseases can be TREATED
as well without the use Of alcohol, ant
even better than with it. The ofiicla
journal OF the American Medical Asso.
citation, highly eXtols the preparations
They are also strongly commended by
Dr. MS. Davis. the nestor Of the asso'
citation, as We'll as DIR. w. Ii. BytorG
and many other eminent practitioners
AN progressive physicians will glad.
Nv haii this revolution in the science OF
medicine. 1t also opens up II new era
in the temperal &c reform. Now that
the medical profession has recognized
she elnpinvmcut of alcohol as q Nehlcl,